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HORD COAT-OF-ARMS. 



THOMAS HORD 



GENTLEMAN 



Born in England, 1701 
Died in Virginia, 1766 




A SUPPLEMENT 

TO THE 



GENEALOGY OF THE HORD FAMILY 



BY 



The Rev. Arnold Harris Hord 

Rector of St. Michael's Church 
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 

ANNO DOMINI MDCCCCIII 



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THE LIBRARY OF 
CONGRESS, 

Two Copies Received 

SEP 11 1903 

C«py»Hht Entry 

CLASS Cl/ XXa No 

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COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY 
THE REV. ARNOLD HARRIS HORD 



TO 

THE MEMORY OF 

MY FATHER 

WILLIAM TALIAFERRO HORD 



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THOMAS HORD, Gentleman 


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HE name of Thomas Hord, who is styled "Gentle- 
man " in the records, has been selected as the title 
of the following pages, not only in order to dis- 
tinguish them from the "Genealogy of the Hord 
Family " published several years ago, but also 
because it is of him that this little volume — although containing a 
few references to other members of the family — principally treats. 
He was descended, as Robert Hord states in his manuscript history 
of the family written in 1838, from an ancient and honorable family in 
England, which has been traced in a direct line as far back as the year 
1 215. It is of Saxon origin and was seated for many centuries at 
" Cote House," near Bampton, Oxfordshire. The name in the Eng- 
lish records is spelled variously, Hord, Horde and Hoord. There is a 
brass memorial in Ewell Church, Surrey, inscribed with the name of 
Thomas Hoyd and in the same church another memorial bearing the 
name of his father, Allen Horde. Sir Thomas Hord, Knight, was dis- 
tinguished in the great Civil Wars in England during the reign of 
Charles I, and in each successive generation the Lord of the Manor 
of Cote has borne this name. It is also interesting and significant that 
in the earliest records of the family in Virginia we find the name of 
"Thomas Hord, Gentleman." In the Court House at Tappahannock, 
in Essex County, Virginia, there is on record the following quaint old 
deed: 

"^hi0 llnbcnturc made the fifteenth day of November in the year of 
"our Lord Christ one thousand feven hundred and thirty six between 



THOMAS HORD, GENTLEMAN. 



"THOMAS HORD of the parish of St. Anns in the County of Essex 
"and Colony of Virginia GENT, of y" one part and WilHam Dobson 
"of the fame county and colony, shoemaker, of the other part. Wit- 
" nesseth that the said Thomas Hord for & in consideration of the 
"sum of forty pounds current money of Virginia in hand paid to the 
"faid Thomas Hord, his heirs, executors, administrators or afsigns by 
"the faid William Dobson, the receipt whereof the said Thomas Hord 
" doth hereby acknowledge, and every part and parcel thereof and 
"doth hereby fully, clearly and absolutely acquit, exonerate and dis- 
" charge the said William Dobson, his heirs, executors, administrators, 
"them and everyone of them forever. And by these presents, he, the 
"faid Thomas Hord, hath on the day of the date hereof covenanted, 
"bargained, sold and conveyed unto the faid William Dobson, his 
" heirs and assigns forever a certain plantation and tract or parcel of 
" land containing by estimation one hundred and eighteen acres, situ- 
"ated, lying and being in the aforesaid parish, county & colony, it 
"being a part or parcel of land that the faid Thomas Hord did for- 
"merly purchase of John Hart dec'd, the faid hundred & eighteen 
"acres of land is bounded as followeth, beginning at a red oak on the 
" west side of Portobacco path and running thence North twenty six 
"degrees west one hundred & sixty poles to a stake in a bottom 
"between a red oak and a white oak and running thence north eighty 
"one degrees East two hundred and eighty poles to a stake nigh a 
"red oak and running thence south, south west an hundred pole to a 
" red oak on the fouth fouthwest side of a branch to a corner tree of 
" Wyatts, thence South Southwest twenty poles to a white oak on the 
"brow of a hill, thence fouth fifty feven degrees west one hundred 
" and sixteen poles to the place it begun. Together with all ways, 
" water and watercourses, woods and underwoods, timber and timber 
" trees and trees likely to become timber and all maner of houses, 
"orchards, gardens, comoditys, profits, easments, emoluments, hered- 
"itaments and appurtenances whatsoever upon the aforesaid tract or 
" parcel of land or any part or parcel thereof and the reversion & rever- 
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THOMAS HORD, GENTLEMAN. 



" sions, remainder and remainders, rents, ifsues and profits of the fame 
" with all and all manner of writing deeds, conveyances and assurances 
"whatsoever belonging or in any wise relating to any part or parcel 
" of the faid hundred and eighteen acres of land, tO baVC HUb tO bOl^ 
"unto him, the said William Dobson his heirs and afsigns forever, and 
" to the only proper use and behoof of him, his heirs and afsigns for- 
" ever, and he the said Thomas Hord hereby for himself, his heirs, 
" Executors, administrators and afsigns covenant, bargain, grant and 
"agree to and with the said William Dobson his heirs, executors, 
"administrators and afsigns that he the faid William Dobson his heirs 
"and afsigns shall forever lawfully peaceably and quietly from the day 
" of the date hereof have, hold, use, occupy, possess and enjoy all & 
"singular every part and parcel of the before mention one hundred 
"and eighteen acres of land and premises, and further I, the faid 
"Thomas Hord, do for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators 
"warrant and defend the said one hundred and eighteen acres of land 
"from me, my heirs, executors, administrators and from the claime, 
"challing or demand of any other person or persons by or from them 
" that shall lay or may lay at any time or times hereafter claim any 
"right, title, property or interest to the faid land and premises or any 
"part or parcel thereof and that the whole right and property thereof 
"is vest in and shall remain unto him the faid William Dobson his 
"heirs and afsigns forever without the let, fuit, trouble, denial, molesta- 
" tion or interruption of him the faid Thomas Hord, his heirs, execu- 
" tors, administrators or afsigns or any other person or persons by or 
" for them, and furthermore it is agreed on by the parties to these 
"presents that the faid Thomas Hord his heirs, executors and admin- 
" istrators or afsigns shall or will at the reasonable request, proper 
"cost and charges of him the faid William Dobson his heirs, execu- 
" tors, administrators or afsigns make, do levy, execute and acknowl- 
" edge all and every such further and lawful and reasonable act and 
" acts, device & devices, writings and conveyances whatsoever for the 
"more perfect and better establishing, conveying and assuring of the 



THOMAS HORD, GENTLEMAN. 



" faid one hundred and eighteen acres of land and premises unto the 
"faid WiUiam Dobson his heirs and afsigns forever : 

" lln 'miitnC69 whereof I hereunto interchangeably set my hand 
"and feal the day and year first above written. 



" Signed, sealed and delivered 

in the presence of THOMAS HORD 

his 

"James -I- Wall 

mark 
his 



SEAL I 



" Henry -I- Upton 



mark 



" flDcmoranbum that on the fifteenth day ot November in the year 
"of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and thirty-six quiet 
"and peaceable possession of the within-mentioned one hundred and 
"eighteen acres of land and premises was had and received by Wil- 
" Ham Dobson within-named, the same being delivered unto him by 
" Thomas Hord within-named by livery and seizin of furz and twigg 
" to have and to hold to the said William Dobson, his heirs and 
"assigns forever, according to the true intent and meaning of the 
"within writing deed in presence of 

his 

WALL 

mark 



"JAS. T 



his 



" HENRY -|- UPTON 



mark 

"At a Court held for Essex County at Tappa on the XVI day of 
" November, Anno Domini MDCCXXXVI. 

"Thomas Hord acknowledged this indenture with the livery and 
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SIR THOMAS HORD. KNIGHT. 
A Parliamentarian taken prisoner during the civil wars in England, time of Charles I. 



THOMAS HORD, GENTLEMAN. 



" seizin thereon endorsed to William Dobson, to be his act and deed 
"and then Jane Hord fully relinquished her right of dower of and in 
" the lands and premises conveyed by this deed which on the motion 
"of the said William Dobson is admitted to record. 

" Teste : 

" W. BEVERLEY, C Cur. 

" A Copy Teste : 

" H. SOUTHWORTH, Clerkr 

In the same County of Essex, of a considerably earlier date than 
the deed just mentioned, there is the following: 

"Febry ye 23, 1720. 

" The deposition of Thomas Hord, aged twenty-one or there- 
" about, examined & sworn saith that about the month of April last 
" he was present with Nicholas Brame, dec'^., when he desired Mr. 
" Richard Booker, of this county, to write his last will & testament & 
" saith that according to the best of his remembrance he, the said 
" Nicholas, by his said will, which was then written, did give & be- 
" queath to Joseph Sears all his beds & furniture, one pot, one pan, 
" all his pewter, all his goods & waring cloths, all his cattle, his 
"chests & one table & further by his s*^ will did give to his friend 
"JOHN HORD six hundred & thirty pounds of tobacco for his burial, 
"& all the rest of his estate, after his debts paid, he gave to his 
" brother, Thomas Brame, & appointed him Executor of his s'' will & 
" further saith not." 

This deposition is signed by Thomas Hord. 
K facsimile of his signature, as it may still be 
seen attached to the original document, is here 

given. 

The deposition is also interesting because it is the earliest refer- 
ence to the Hord family that has yet been discovered among the 




THOMAS HORD, GENTLEMAN. 



archives of the State of Virginia. It contains, moreover, a reference 
to JOHN HORD, the father of Thomas Hord, with whom the latter 
probably came from England to Virginia. Subsequently to 1720 
the name of Thomas Hord occurs many times in the Court records: 

"June 20, 1727. 

" Thomas Hord and Jane, his wife, bring suit against John Miller 
" and Wm. Triplett & the respond" failing to answer are fined two 
"shillings & sixpence, which they are ordered to pay to the pi''." 

" March 21, 1731. 

"Thomas Hord is paid fifteen hundred & sixty pounds of tobacco 
" for attending Court fifty-two days as a witness." 

"May 13, 1732. 

"Thomas Hord produced a certificate from W"". Brooke, gen., for 
"taking up two runaway servants belonging to Joseph Bockley of ye 
" County of King William and one other runaway servant belonging 
"to Henry Jones of ye s"^ County & made oath y' he never had re- 
"ceived any satisfaction for the same, which is certified to y^ Assembly 
" for allowance." 

"June 1 1, 1736. 

"Thomas Hord is paid thirty pounds of tobacco for attending 
" one day as a witness against John Rouzee." 

The most important reference to him is found under date of 
April 15, 1740. On that day it is said that "Thomas Hord made oath 
"that he came into this Colony to dwell in the year 1737, and this 
"is the first time of proving his importation either by himself or his 
" parents, which is ordered to be certified." 

Now the fact that he made oath that he came into the colony to 
dwell in 1737, while his name appears in the records as early as 1720, 



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THOMAS HORD, GENTLEMAN. 



though apparently a contradiction is easily explained. It is true that 
he was living in Virginia in 1720, but it is probable that he had not 
determined /^ r.?j-zy(? there permanently until the year 1737. At that 
date he decided to " fix his domicile " in the colony. This in law is 
only fixed in one's own mind. Thomas Hord had not fully made up 
his mind to reside in the colony until 1737. He made oath, therefore, 
that at that time he determined to make his home perrjianently in Vir- 
ginia, although he had actually been a resident there for several years 
prior to that date. The same occurs to-day when persons born 
in foreign countries become naturalized citizens of the United States, 
although they have resided in the country for many years before 
deciding to remain in it, to become legally residents of it and to take 
the oath of allegiance to the Government. Thomas Hord, therefore, 
inlaw, dated his residence in Virginia from the year 1737, although 
he had actually been residing in the colony for several years previ- 
ously. Moreover he was probably moved to take this action at 
that particular time (1740) ovv^ing to an Act passed by the House of 
Burgesses, November, 1738 (see Hening's "Statutes of Virginia," 
Vol. 5, p. 57), entitled : 

" An Act to encourage settlements on the southern boundary of 
" the colony." 

By this Act it was decreed that any persons " willing to import 
"themselves into the colony " and taking oath to this effect before the 
Clerk of any County Court, were entitled to certain lands within the 
colony. This then was Thomas Hord's opportunity, and he decided 
to take advantage of the Act of 1738 by proving his importation 
before the Clerk of Essex County, April 15, 1740.* 

This oath of Thomas Hord, moreover, is interesting, taken in 
connection with the statement of Robert Hord in his manuscript that 
the family came from England, not only because it proves that Thomas 

* For the information upon which this explanation is based and for other valuable assist- 
ance I am indebted to Colonel C. B. Bryant, Secretary of the Historical Society of Henry 
County, Virginia, an able lawyer and student of the history of Colonial Virginia. 

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THOMAS HORD, GENTLEMAN. 



was born in England, but also because it helps to fix the date of the 
arrival of the first ancestor in Virginia. 

If Thomas Hord was born in England, and if the date of his birth, 
according to the manuscript of Robert Hord, was September 7, 1701, 
then he and his father came to America sometime subsequently to this 
date and prior to February 23, 1720, when the earliest record of the 
family in Virginia is found and when Thomas made his deposition. 
These facts, therefore, concerning him have an additional interest 
because they lead to more accurate knowledge of John Hord, his 
father, the ancestor of all of the name in America, and of the time of 
his arrival in Virginia. 

There are a few other events in the life of Thomas Hord of which 
we learn from the Court Records: 

In a deed dated June 30, 1756, two hundred acres of land in King 
George County are conveyed to him by William Robertson. The 
deed was admitted to record in King George County on July i, 1756. 

In another deed dated March 6, 1765, Charles Carter, James 
Buchanan and Arthur Morson, Directors and Trustees of the town of 
Falmouth, in the County of King George, convey one lot or one-half 
acre of land (distinguished by No. 18) in said town to Thomas Hord. 
The deed was recorded on March 7, 1765. 

Thomas Hord married, in Virginia, Jane Miller, June 24, 1726. 
He died in King George County, Virginia, in 1766, whither he had 
removed (probably after 1750) from Essex County, in order to reside 
upon an estate which had been bequeathed to him by his father. 

His will was made January 28, 1766, and proved in King George 
County, September 4, 1766. His executors were his sons Thomas 
and Rhodin and his wife. He gives his land and plantation to his 
wife, and after her death it is to be sold and the money divided 
between sons Rhodin and Jesse. To son James and his heirs he gives 
a negro man named Hampton then in his (James's) possession. To 
daughter, Betty Withers, after the death of his wife, a negro man named 
Britton. To son Jesse a young mare and saddle. To daughters Aggy 

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THOMAS HORD, GENTLEMAN. 



and Molly twelve pounds apiece to buy them a horse and saddle. To 
his four children then single — Rhodin, Jesse, Molly and Aggy — each 
of them a feather bed and furniture as sooa as they are married. To 
daughter, Betty Withers, and son, James Hord, twenty pounds to each 
of them or a negro apiece of that value. To son Thomas, five pounds 
and the negroes before given him. To granddaughter, Betty Hord, 
after the death of his wife, a negro man named Scipio, and to grand- 
son, John Hord, a negro man named Parish ; and if either of these 
children should die without heirs, the negro given shall descend to the 
other child, and if they both die without heirs, the two negroes shall be 
given to daughters Aggy and Molly. The rest of his negroes and 
personal estate he gives to his wife during her life, and after her death 
they are to be divided among his five children — Suckey Shelton, 
Rhodin Hord, Jesse Hord, Molly Hord and Aggy Hord. Witnesses: 
Peter Hord, William Hord and Killis Hord. 

By a deed dated March 28, 1772 ; recorded May 7, 1772: "Jane 
" Hord, of the Parish of Brunswick, of the County of King George, 
"widow of Thomas Hord, dec*^.," transfers a tract of land consisting 
of two hundred acres to her two sons, Rhodin and Jesse Hord. This 
tract of land, it is stated in the Deed, was purchased by Jane Hord 
from Simon Miller in 1770. A part of "the plantation" of Thomas 
Ho id (to which he refers in his will) was probably the tract that was 
bea aeathed to him by his father, John Hord, and that is mentioned 
in the latter's will. 

Thomas Hord was probably the eldest son of John Hord. A 
certain prominence seems to have been accorded him among the 
children of his father. In his will John Hord mentions his sons sev- 
eral times, and the name of Thomas in each instance is written first. 
The fact that the name of Thomas occurs at an earlier date in the 
Court Records than that of any of them strengthens the probability 
that he was the eldest son. 

It is much to be regretted that the Civil War caused such 
destruction of the Court Records in Virginia that it is now almost 

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THOMAS HORD, GENTLEMAN. 



impossible to write full and accurate biographies of the early colonists. 

The record of a great deal that they did is probably lost forever, 

but with the few fragments of data concerning Thomas Hord that still 

exist, we may learn at least, summing up the conclusions, that he was 

born in England ; that he camt with his father to America after the 

year 1701 and before 1720; and that the tide of "Gentleman," by 

which he is styled in the Court Records, confirms the statement of 

Robert Hord in his manuscript that the family in Virginia is descended 

from an ancient race of gentry in England which for centuries 

held a distinguished rank, but is believed now 

to be entirely extinct in the 

mother country. 




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TOMB OF THOMAS HORD, OF "COAT HOUSE," IN HORD CHAPEL, 
ST. MARY'S CHURCH, BAMPTON, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND. 



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JOHN HORD, FATHER of 
THOMAS HORD, GENTLEMAN 



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OHN HORD, born in England, died in 1749, prob- 
ably at his seat " Shady Grove," Essex County, 
now within the limits of the County of Caroline. 
His will was made February 15, 1747, and 
proved in Essex County, November 21, 1749. He 
gives a tract of land in King George County containing one thou- 
sand acres to his four sons — Thomas, Peter, James and William — 
to be equally divided among them. To his son Ambrose, the houses 
and land where he (John Hord) was then living, after his son William 
has had the use of them for one year. To his son Thomas, a tract of 
land in Essex County, containing one hundred acres, also a negro 
woman named Frank. To his son John, a negro man named Ben 
and a negro woman named Pegg. To his son Peter, a negro woman 
named Letty and a negro woman named Marjory. To his son James, 
a negro woman named Nanny and a negro boy named Robin. To 
" William Miller that marry'd my daughter Jane," a negro girl named 
Cate. To his grandson, Mordecai Hord, a negro woman named 
Betty. To his son Ambrose, a negro boy named Ralph and a boy 
named Tobey. To his son William, furniture, pewter, basons, plates, 
heifers, ewes and a still. To his grandson, William Hord (son of 
William), a negro girl named Murriur. The remainder of his estate 
to be divided equally among his children — Thomas, John, James, 
Peter, William and Ambrose — and William Miller, the husband of his 
daughter Jane. He appointed his sons Thomas, William and Am- 
brose, Executors. Witnesses : James Jameson, Thomas Tresley and 
John Ford. 

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JOHN HORD. 



There is a tradition that John Hord was paralyzed several years 
before his death, having been stricken one day on horseback just as he 
was entering his own gate. He was an invalid for many years, and a 
small door in his house at " Shady Grove " is still pointed out 
where it is said he was accustomed to sit and watch 
the negroes working in the fields. His wife 
probably died many years before 
him. She is not men- 
tioned in his will. 




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CHILDRES OF JOHN HORD 

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HE children of John Hord, in the order in which they 
are mentioned in his will, with a few facts discovered 
since the publication of the " Genealogy of the Hord 
Family " are here given. The dates of births, deaths 
and marriages are taken from the manuscript of 

Robert Hord of " Shady Grove," near Port Royal, Caroline County, 

Virginia, written 1838. 

I. Thomas Hord- (John'), of whom this volume principally treats, 
had issue : 

1. Thomas Hord, born July 11, 1727; died May 11, 1778, was 

Executor of the will of Rev. John Wishart, Rector of Bruns- 
wick Parish, King George County, Virginia, which was 
proved November 3, 1774. 

2. John Hord, born March 27, 1729. 

3. Betty Hord, born September 22, 1732 ; died 1805. 

4. James Hord, born January 22, 1736. 

5. Jane Hord, born May 8, 1738. 

6. Rhodin Hord, born May 4, 1740. 

7. Suckey Hord, born April 23, 1742; died 1799. 

8. Molly Hord, born September 27, 1744. 

9. Aggy Hord, born October 22, 1747. 

10. Jesse Hord, born October 31, 1749; died 181 4. He was 
a Captain in the Virginia Militia during the Revolu- 
tion and a famous pioneer and Indian fighter. 

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CHILDREN OF JOHN HORD. 



II. John Hord' (John') married Miss Redd, of Caroline County, 
Virginia, and left issue : 

1. Thomas Hord. 

2. James Hord. 

3. Frances Hord. 

4. Ambrose Hord, soldier in Revolution (see War Department 

Records). 

5. Elizabeth Hord. 

III. James Hord' (John') married Margaret Miller, sister of Colonel 

Simon Miller. He resided in King George County, Virginia, 
and had issue : 

1. James Hord. 

2. Thomas Hord. 

3. Ambrose Hord. 

4. William Hord. 

5. John Hord. 

6. Jane Hord. 

7. Milly Hord. 

8. Sally Hord. 

9. Isabella Hord. 

IV. Peter Hord' (John') resided in King George County, Virginia, on 

an estate bequeathed to him by his father. He purchased 
two hundred and fourteen acres of land from Arthur Morson, 
in the same county. Deed dated September 29, 1767; re- 
corded September 29, 1767. He had issue: 

1. Killis Hord, died in King George County in 181 5, aged 

seventy years. 

2. Reuben Hord. 

3. Peter Hord lost an eye and a leg in the Revolution. 

4. Anthoret Hord married her cousin, Jesse Hord, son of 

"Thomas Hord, Gendeman," on May 7, 1772. 

5. Sally Hord. 

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CHILDREN OF JOHN HORD. 



6. William Hord, of Bedford County, Virginia, was probably a son 
of Peter Hord. He is not mentioned in the manuscript of 
Robert Hord. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. 
His will dated February lo, 1781, was proved August 28, 
1 78 1, in Bedford County. His signature here reproduced is 
taken from an old paper in the 

Bedford County Records. His CZX 

original will is in the records of >v^-^^l^<>»i- Vt^Vt^^^' 
Bedford County but it contains 

only his "mark," as he was probably too ill at the time to 
sign it. He married Mary Thorpe, of Essex County, who 
was the ward of a " Mr. Hord of Caroline County" tradition 
states. She was the daughter of Thomas Thorpe and Mary 
Triplett Thorpe. The only son of William Hord died with- 
out heirs. Many descendants in the female line reside in 
Bedford County. In a deed dated March 22, 1773, and 
recorded in Bedford County, William Hord is described as 
of " King George County." Killis Hord and other mem- 
bers of the family mentioned in Robert Hord's manuscript 
are named in papers referring to William Hord on file in 
Bedford County. I am indebted for this information to Mrs. 
Robert C. Claytor, of Bedford County, a descendant. 
V. William Hord^ (John') married Lucy Norvelle. In a deed pre- 
served in King George County, Virginia, dated August /, 
1760, and recorded August i, 1765, he and ''Lucy his wife" 
convey two hundred and fifty acres of land to his brother, 
James Hord; said land had been bequeathed to William 
Hord ''by the will of Ids father, yohu Hord, late of the 
''County of Essex!' William Hord had issue : 

1. William Hord. 

2. John Hord married, first, Annie Peyton ; second, Margaret 

Hawkins. He was a Lieutenant of the Fourth Continental 
Dragoons (1777) and served throughout the Revolutionary 

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War (see Heitman's "Register of Officers of the Conti- 
nental Army "). The /acsimi/e of 
his siofnature as here given is 
from an original deed in Essex 
County, dated August 5, 1798, 
recorded August 25, 1798, and conveying to him land in 
Prince William County, Virginia. 

3. James Hord, Ensign of the Seventh Virginia (1777); subse- 

quently Captain of the Virginia Militia (see Heitman's 
"Register of Officers of the Continental Army "). He died 
January 3, 18 15. (See also references to him in Hening's 
"Statutes of Virginia.") 

4. Jane Hord died 1805 or 1806. 

5. Sally Hord married Colonel Gilbert Hunt, of Charlotte 

County, Virginia, and died in 1822. 

6. Thomas Hord, Captain of the Tenth Virginia in the Revolu- 

tionary War; prisoner at Charleston, 1781; member of 
the Virginia Society of the Cincinnati (see Heitman's "Reg- 
ister of Officers of the Continental Army"), He mar- 
ried Miss Turner, of Caroline County, Virginia, and died in 
1815. The /ac- 
simile of the sig- 
nature here given 
may have been 
his and is taken 
from an old paper dated May 2, 1772. 

7. Richard Hord married Miss Turner, of Caroline County, 

Virginia. 

8. Frances Hord. 

VI. Ambrose Hord"* (John') died without issue. 

VII. Mordecai Hord' (John') married (prior to 1752) Sarah Carr, 
daughter of " Captain W"' Carr, Gentleman " and grand- 
daughter of "Thomas Carr, Gendeman " (see William and 




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CHILDREN OF JOHN HORD. 



Mary College Quarterly, Vol. VIII, pp. 107, 108, 132). 
Mordecai Hord was a participant in the French and Indian 
War (i 755-1 762); Wagon Master (equivalent to the rank of 
Quartermaster at the present time) of General Braddock's 
Army (1755); probably naming his second son in commem- 
oration of the stirring events of the war and of several 
important treaties concluded with the Six Nations of Indians 
at Fort Stanwix on the Mohawk. He was a Warden and 
Vestryman (1767) of Fredericksville Parish, Louisa County, 
Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson (afterwards President of the 
United States). In 1770 he moved to Henry County, where 
he was a neighbor and intimate friend of Patrick Henry, the 
great orator and Governor of Virginia. In 1780 he sold 
land to Patrick Henry for five thousand pounds current 
money of Virginia. Land warrants, possibly for services in 
the French and Indian War, were granted to Mordecai 
Hord, entitling him to large tracts in Bedford County, Vir- 
ginia (see Bedford Records). " He took no part in the 
" Revolutionary War on account of his age, although he was a 
" great patriot. He was very fleshy, weighed two hundred 
" pounds or more, was of fine personal appearance and had 
"a strong natural mind" (see "Reminiscences" by Major 
John Redd in the "Virginia Historical Society Magazine," 
Vol. VI, p. 342). For reference to several journeys made 
by him to Kentucky see also the same magazine, Vol. VII, 
pp. 247, 248, 404, and Vol. IX, p. 212. He is mendoned in 
a list of persons who renounced their allegiance to Great 
Britain and took the oath of allegiance to the Common- 
wealth of Virginia before August 30, 1777 (see "Virginia 
Magazine," Vol. IX, p. 17). The Inventory of his estate 
(October 6, 1789) made after his death indicates that he was 
a very wealthy man for his time. He owned more than 
thirty-two negroes, valued at $175 each. His personal 

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CHILDREN OF JOHN HORD. 



property (not including lands) amounted to $9045.03. 
Among articles mentioned in his Inventory are : Bible, $10; 
Shakespeare's and Pope's writings, Dictionary, desk, $25 ; 
cupboard, $15; brass scales, $15; cash on hand, $1000. 
He indulged in " blue broad cloth," worth $2,50 per yard, 
and his servants wore " cotton cloth," worth fifty cents per 
yard. The Inventory also shows "two kadders" (probably 
tea caddies), one pair spaniels, one "Search" (possibly a 
lantern), one table "server," silver spoons, silver watch and 
neck clasp, gold sleeve buttons, two jacks or pot racks. He 
died in 1789. His will was made September 29, 1783, 
just as he was about to set out on a perilous journey to 
Powell's Valley. It was proved in Henry County, Virginia, 
June 29, 1789. His executors are to divide all his lands on 
the " Western Waters " into four parts and give them to 
sons Stanwix, William, John and Mordecai. To son Morde- 
cai one-fourth part of lands on " Western Waters," the 
land, houses and plantation where he (Mordecai, senior) 
was then living on Smith's River, in Henry County, also six 
negroes : Lett, Len, Else, Wann, Anthony and Sirus ; also 
two hundred and fifty pounds specie ; one-third of all his 
household furniture, cattle, horses, hogs, sheep and crops. 
He appoints son William and brother-in-law, George Wal- 
ler, guardians of Mordecai, junior, whom he desires to be 
" educated in the genteelest manner by sending him to the 
" Academy in Prince Edward County or to any other sem- 
" inary of learning, that he may be taught the languages 
" and sciences till he is nineteen years old at which time he 
" is to be put to the study of the Law or Physic." To 
daughter, Mary Hord, five negroes : Agg, Winn, Randolph, 
Milly and Bess, also one hundred pounds current money, 
also twenty choice cows, ten choice ewes and the best horse 
or mare in the stable, and one-fifth part of his furniture, 

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CHILDREN OF JOHN HORD. 




money, debts, cattle, horses, sheep, crops, etc. To son 
Stanwix, three negroes : George, Marge and Sail ; a fourth 
part of land on "Western Waters," a fifth part of furniture, 
cattle, etc. To son William, three negroes : Tom, Frank and 
Lem ; a fourth part of lands on " Western Waters " and an 
equal share of property as other children. To son John, 
negroes : Kate, Charles, Bett and Pegg ; a fourth part of 
land on " Western Waters," etc. To daughter, Jane Flem- 
ing, three negroes : Rachel, Mirna and Peter ; land on 
" Western Waters," furniture, cattle, etc. His executors 
were his " friends Patrick Henry, Edmund Lyne," his 
brother-in-law, "Colonel George Waller, Gentleman," and 
son, William Hord. Mordecai Hord's tomb may still be seen 
at " Hordsville" in 
Henry County, Vir- %^y^^^^^ 
ginia, where his wife 
and several of his family are also buried. ^\\^ facsimile of 
his signature is here given. 
He had issue : 
I. John Hord, born December i, 1766; died August 30, 1803; 
married Ruth Hunter, daughter of Alexander Hunter and 
Patsy (Hairston) Hunter. His tomb at Hordsville is in- 
scribed as follows : 

3obn IborO 
asorn 'Bzc \ Dai5 1766 

Departed tbie life 
august 30 Oas 1803. 
IRemcmbet man passing bis 
as Cbo art now so once was H. 

5obn IborJ) 
as IF am now so ^bou must be 
prepare tberetore to follow me. 

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CHILDREN OF JOHN HORD. 



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2. Stanwix Hord emigrated to 

Overton County, Tennessee. 
T\i^ facsimile oi^xxs signature 
is here driven. 

3. William Hord, called " Colonel " in the records, moved from 

Henry County to Tennessee. Major John Redd, a contem- 
porary, states that he was a " man of some distinction " (see 
"Virginia Historical Society Magazine," Vol. VI, p. 342). 
He was a member of the Tennessee Legislature from Haw- 
kins County in 1794 (see Ramsey's " Annals of Tennessee," 
p. 704). He made three journeys from Henry County, 
Virginia, to Charleston, South Carolina, for his father's 
estate, each journey occupying thirty-four days. He after- 
wards made 
two trips of 
twenty days 
each. These 
journeys 
were occa- 
sioned by a litigation with General Thomas Sumpter. The 
signature of William Hord is here reproduced. 

4. Mary Hord married Thomas Jett in Henry County, Virginia. 

5. Jane Hord married John Fleming. 

6. Mordecai Hord, Jr., died without issue. 

VIII. Jane Hord" (John') married William Miller and had issue : 

Elizabeth Miller, who married the Rev. Joseph Bledsoe. Their 
daughter, Jane Bledsoe, married Major 
Walker Baylor of the Revolu- 
tionary Army. 





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WILLIAM TALIAFERRO HORD 



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ILLIAM TALIAFERRO HORD, to whom this vol- 
ume is dedicated, was born March 3d, 1832. He 
was the son of Judge Francis Triplett Hord 
( 1 797-1869), the grandson of Captain Elias Hord 
(1773-1821), an officer in the War of 1812, the 
great-grandson of Jesse Hord (i 749-1814), and the great- 
great-grandson of "Thomas Hord, Gentleman" (1701-1 766). He 
graduated from the University of Pennsylvania 1853; entered the 
United States Navy as Assistant Surgeon in 1854; went to the Medi- 
terranean and served on the frigate "Saranac," visiting Smyrna, 
Constantinople and the Black Sea during the Crimean War. He was 
promoted to Past Assistant Surgeon April, 1859, and was attached to 
various vessels until the beginning of the Civil War, when he was 
ordered home from the Pacific Squadron and commissioned as Sur- 
geon, in August, 1 861. He was a Volunteer Aide on the Staff of 
General William Nelson from the battle of Pittsburg Landing to the 
evacuation of Corinth, Mississippi, by General Beauregard. He 
served also on the steam sloop "Pawnee" of the South Atlantic 
Blockading Squadron and participated in several engagements while 
attached to this vessel. During the year 1863 the "Pawnee" was 
severely damaged by the explosion of a torpedo. He was detached 
from the "Pawnee " and ordered to the " Wabash" August 10, 1863, 
and while on this vessel participated in all the operations against 
Charleston under General Gilmore and Admirals Dupont and 
Dahlgren. On August 31, 1864, he was placed in command of the 

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WILLIAM TALIAFERRO HORD. 



Medical lieadquarters of the Mississippi fleet at Mound City, Illinois. 
On November 8, 1865, he was ordered to the U. S. S. " Monon- 
gahela " and was wrecked November 18, 1867, in the famous earth- 
quake and tidal wave at Santa Croix, West Indies, the " Mononga- 
hela" being almost entirely destroyed. From 1872 to 1874 he was 
Fleet Surgeon of the South Atlantic Squadron on board the Flag- 
ship "Lancaster." He was commissioned as Medical Inspector July 
6, 1872, and was stationed at various Navy Yards until 1879, when he 
was made commanding officer of the Naval Hospital at Chelsea, 
Massachusetts. He was in command of the Naval Hospital, Phila- 
delphia, from 1886 to 1889. From this duty he was detached and 
subsequently served at the Navy Department, Washington, D. C, as 
President of the Board for the Examination of Officers for Promotion 
and Retirement. He was commissioned Medical Director with the 
rank of Captain May i, 1879, and at the time of his retirement from 
active service at the age designated by law he was the senior officer 
of his corps. He was a delegate representing the United States Navy 
at the Congresses of the National Medical Association held at Chicago, 
in June, 1877 ; at St. Louis, in May, 1886, and at Cincinnati, in 1888. 
He was invited to act as one of the Vice-Presidents of the Section of 
Military and Naval Medicine and Surgery at the International Medical 
Congress held at Washington, D. C, in 1887, composed of the most 
distinguished physicians from all parts of the world. When Mr. 
Cleveland was inaugurated President of the United States for the 
second term Medical Director Hord was appointed a member of the 
Inaugural Committee of which General Schofield, Commander-in-Chief 
of the Army, was Chairman. He was a Companion of the Military 
Order of the Loyal Legion ; a Vestryman of the Church of the Ascen- 
sion, Washington, D. C; a member of the Society of Sons of the 
American Revolution and the Virginia Historical Society. His service 
in the Navy covered a period of forty-eight years, during which time 
he visited almost every part of the globe. He married December 4, 
1866, Eleanor Harris, daughter of Major Arnold Harris, United States 

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WILLIAM TALIAFEKKt* HOKD, 
Medical Director LTiiited Slates Navy. 



WILLIAM TALIAFERRO HORD. 



Army, and granddaughter of General Robert Armstrong, who com- 
manded the artillery at the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815, 
and to whom General Andrew Jackson bequeathed his sword. Medi- 
cal Director Hord died April i, 1901, and left two sons, the Rev. 
Arnold Harris Hord and William Taliaferro Hord, M.D. The Hon. 
John W. Daniel, United States Senator from Virginia, in a tribute that 
he paid to his memory at the time of his death, said, " He was a good 
"and magnificent man. He was a distinguished and reliable officer, 
" much esteemed socially and professionally. He was a man of strong 
" attachments, much beloved by his friends and very sociable and hos- 
" pitable." 

In an obituary notice in the "Alumni Register" of the University 
of Pennsylvania he was described as "a man of most attractive person- 
"ality, amiable, courteous, kindly, charitable, widely regarded with es- 
" teem and affection," and Colonel Felix A. Reeve, Solicitor of the Treas- 
ury, in an address before the Grand Army of the Republic, referred 
to him as one of "an exemplary character, of untainted morals and 
"integrity, unimpeachable veracity, a practical Christian, a good 
" neighbor, a loving husband and father, a loyal friend to the National 
" Union in its supremest trial." 

He was buried at the National Cemetery at Arlington, 
near Washington, D. C, with military honors, where it 
seems fitting that his remains should repose on 
the banks of the Potomac, in the soil of 
old Virginia, the home of his an- 
cestors for five generations. 




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SOME DESCENDANTS of 
the ORIGINAL COLONIST 

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William Taliaferro Hord, 

Medical Director United States Navy and Companion of the 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion. 

. Hon. Henr)' Foote Hord, 

Federal Judge of the Island of Puerto Rico. 

Hon. John Stryker Hord, 

Chief of the Bureau of Insular Taxation, Puerto Rico. 

' Hon. Oscar B. Hord, 

Attorney General of Indiana. 

Hon. Benjamin M. Hord, 

Major Confederate States Army and United States Commis- 
sioner of Agriculture of the State of Tennessee. 

Hon. Francis T. Hord, 

State Senator of Indiana, Attorney General and Judge of the 
Ninth Judicial District. 

Edward Hord Bryan, 

Colonel Confederate Army and United States Consul at Lyons, 

France. 
Hon. William Banfield Hord, 

Assistant Attorney General of Indiana. 

Major Livingston Hord, 

Confederate States Army. 

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SOME DESCENDANTS OF THE ORIGINAL COLONIST, 

Hon. Jesse Bledsoe, 

United States Senator and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of 
Kentucky. 

Colonel Edward Rouzee Hord, 
Confederate States Army. 

Judge James Hord, 

Aulville, Missouri, 

Judge Francis Triplett Hord, 
Mason County, Kentucky. 

Hon. Abner Hord Sinclair, 

Major Confederate States Army and Mayor of the City of 
Georgetown, Kentucky. 

Colonel Lewis Hord, 
Mexico, Missouri. 

Judge Kendal Moss Hord, 
Shelbyville, Indiana. 

Dr. William Taliaferro Hord, Jr., 
Washington, D. C. 

Judge John K. Hord, 
Cleveland, Ohio. 

A. C. Hord, Esq., 

Cleveland, Ohio, Treasurer Mcintosh-Huntington Hardware 
Company. 

Mrs. Irving M. Scott, nee Laura Hord, 

Wife of Hon. Irving M. Scott, San Francisco, California ; the 
builder of the "Oregon," " Olympia " and some of the most 
famous battleships of the American Navy ; Regent of the Univer- 
sity of California ; Trustee of the Leland Stanford University and 
the nominee of the California delegation for Vice-President of the 
United States at the Republican Convention of 1900. 

Mrs. Seth Cobb, 

Wife of the Hon. Seth Cobb, of St. Louis, Missouri ; Member of 
the United States House of Representatives. 

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Mrs. John S. Marmaduke, 

Wife of General John S. Marmaduke, of the Confederate States 

Army and Governor of Missouri. 
Mrs. Gabriel Slaughter, nee Sarah Hord, 

Wife of Lieutenant-Governor Gabriel Slaughter, of Kentucky. 
Mrs. Archibald Yell, 

Wife of Governor Archibald Yell, of Arkansas. 




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